Bachelor of Laws - Kampala Campus

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    Assessing Uganda’s Institutional Framework on Climate Change With Specific Reference to the National Climate Change Act 2021
    (Uganda Christian University, 2024-06-04) Phillip Mugabi Mukuye
    Climate change is causing devastating impacts on the lives of millions of people around the world. In Uganda, the economy is particularly vulnerable to climate change given its reliance on natural resources. Floods, landslides, droughts, and other extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and intensity. Droughts have significantly affected water resources, hydroelectricity generation, and agriculture. As agriculture, forestry, and fisheries decline due to droughts, people migrate to urban areas, forming slums. Floods destroy key infrastructure like dams, roads, and bridges thereby affecting the energy and transport sector central to Uganda's economy. This reveals that Uganda faces a complex challenge of addressing climate change and promoting development. Building climate resilience or increasing the adaptive capacity in a low carbon as a possible way will help Uganda achieve sustainable growth and its development goals. Efforts to combat the impacts of climate change and enhance mitigation and adaptation saw the passing of the National Climate Change Act 2021 whose ultimate objective is to streamline Uganda's response measures and actions to climate change to global efforts to address climate change, This research sets out to discuss the institutional arrangements established under the act for implementing climate change response measures. This is followed by a discussion of the climate change response measures established under the act. The study concludes by recommending a top-down approach to addressing climate change. This approach encompasses actions that need to be undertaken by the government, private sector, and individuals to contribute to the fight against climate change.